ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2026 FALL ELECTION AND CANDIDATE SLATES

The 2025 Nominating Committee met on April 8, 2025, and selected finalists for the positions of Councilor at Large, Ethics Committee Chair and members of the 2026 Nominating Committee. Disclosures of potential conflicts of interest for all finalists were reviewed by the Ethics Committee on April 17, 2025.   

The 2025 Nominating Committee selected the following slates for the fall election ballot. The slates were approved by the Governing Board at its May 2025 meeting. 

MEMBERSHIP ELECTIONS: SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 - SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 

Councilor at Large, 2026-2028 

Andres Duarte-Rojo, MD, Northwestern University 

Steve Herrine, MD, Thomas Jefferson University 

Elizabeth Verna, MD, MS, FAASLD, FAST, Columbia University 

Ethics Committee Chair, 2026-2028

Andrew Aronsohn, MD, FAASLD, University of Chicago Medical Center 

Michael Volk, MD, Baylor Scott and White  

Nominating Committee, 2026-2027

Deepika Devuni MD, FAST, UMass Chan Medical School 

Ho Chong Gilles, DNP, FNP, AF-AASLD, Richmond VA Medical Center 

Aparna Goel, MD, Stanford University  

Manhal Izzy, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

Jeffrey Kahn, MD, Keck School of Medicine of USC 

Tatyana Kushner, MD, MSCE, Weill Cornell 

Atoosa Rabie, MD, Washington DC VA Medical Center 

Richard K. Sterling, MD, MSc, FAASLD, Virginia Commonwealth University 

Kymberly Watt, MD, Mayo Clinic 

Tinsay A. Woreta, MD, MPH, FAASLD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Members will be asked to affirm all election results prior to or during the AASLD Annual Business Meeting to be held during The Liver Meeting ® in November in Washington, DC.